tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post7533431946343086936..comments2024-03-02T07:40:22.786+03:00Comments on Only Solitaire blog: Barclay James Harvest: Live TapesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-37908034774032253552013-07-14T18:35:19.076+04:002013-07-14T18:35:19.076+04:00to be fair it was probably the cumulative effect o...to be fair it was probably the cumulative effect of some overlong albums by the first rank bands resting on laurels (with moments of greatness), hordes of second raters who ten years earlier would have all be sporting beatle haircuts and collarless jackets; and all those bands tiring of the music press and their endlessly repeated inane questioning and the press's reaction to said bands refusal, was to push something different...something novel that didn't involve cod dark ages mythology, or faux science fiction or capes or complex time changes. Heathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15417060063126394938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-67303992908166401732013-07-13T16:41:04.120+04:002013-07-13T16:41:04.120+04:00And I thought it was stuff like "Brain Salad ...And I thought it was stuff like "Brain Salad Surgery" or "A Passion Play". <br /><br />Really, these guys were always a second division band, they never got the attention of punks. The only anomaly in BJH career was their first class success in Germany.Simpliushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13125893204327162588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-660808341284783109.post-76872029436763000762013-07-13T08:00:54.679+04:002013-07-13T08:00:54.679+04:00you know this is the sort of stuff that got 70s ro...you know this is the sort of stuff that got 70s rock such a bad name, not queen, not Pink Floyd, not genesis (well) but lame cheesy bands that promised a lot but never delivered, hell I feel like gobbing in the face of the lead singers face after watching rocknrollstar. I mean you have a double fretboarded guitar...and you do nothing with it.<br />Its all too...mellow, too age of aquarius, too too nice milky tea before bed. Heathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15417060063126394938noreply@blogger.com